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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

2,002 stories in Riverina's papers · page 56 of 101

Farm and Field. Original Articles. Availability of Fertilisers

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 5

The value of a fertiliser for crops does not depend in its total percent age of ammonia, phosphate of lime, and potash, but upon the percentage…

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The Cane Crop. Government Will Buy. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 2

Mr. Hall stated to-day that as a result of his negotiations with Mr. Hughes, he was now in a position to say that if the sugar farmers of New…

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Sheep Sales Comparison

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 4

The Sydney sheep sales last week realised £44,053 as against £79,604 [?]…

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Our Desert Sheep

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 4

The subject set for composition was “The Camel.” This is the essay that one small boy wrote: “The cannimal is a sheep of the…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., offered at auction an Wednesday, 14th instant, a catalogue of 2,002 bales, comprising mostly burry…

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Tanned Sheep Skin Clothing

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 2

The war, by a long way, is not yet over, and active measures are being taken in all belligerant countries to make preparation…

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Farmers and Settlers. Wheat Standard Fixed. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 4

The Farmers and Settlers, Conferences carried a resolution that the standard of wheat be fixed at 60 Ibs, and that farmers be…

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Pastoral. "Phalaris Bulbisa." Some Further Experiences

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 6

That the favorable impressions go far created on the coast and tablelands by the grass "Phalaris bulboss" are hery to be [?] by…

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The Next Wheat Crop. Will the Governmment Commandeer It ?

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 2

The Minister for Customs, Mr. Tudor, was asked on Monday whether the Federal Government intended to take action to ensure…

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Feeding Off Wheat. the Best Time

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 7

A farmer who had about 600 acres of wheat in one block, but planted at different times, asked the Department lately whether he…

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Price of Butter. Increased Another Penny. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 5

A proclamation, will be issued to-day increasing the price of butter another penny a pound…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W.C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are, baaed mainly on tht experience of the Department. No. 219…

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State Parliament. Questions in the Assembly. Prioes of Sugar and Butter. Early Closing of Hotels. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

In the Assembly Mr. Wade asked the Chief Secretary was he going to give way to the men on the trawlers whose claims were so unfair: was it true that…

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Mr. Beeby talks to the Farmers' Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

Mr. Beeby, in the course of an address, said that had the men who governed Australia to-day thoroughly understood their responsibilities,…

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Mr. Hall and the Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 3

Mr. Levy questioned Mr. Hal whether he had seen the offer of ten dairy farmers for service at the front if the Minister would go, and…

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Dairying on Yanco

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 7

The severe drought through which large portions of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia have lately passed has had the…

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Farmers and the War

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 2

That the farmers are imbued with the spirit of the times was evidenced emphatically at the Farmers and Settlers conference…

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Pastoral. "Phalaris Bulbosa." Some Further Experiences

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 8

That the [?] impressions so [?] crealed on the coast and tablelands by the grass "Pbalaris bulbosa" are likely to be sustained by longer…

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Winter Sheep Dipping. Success at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 6

An Albury correspondent writes:— The necessity has not yet arisen in the opinion of the stock inspector in the Albury district to have any sheep…

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Butter, Sugar and Milk. New Prices Proolaimed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Executive Council a proclamation was ordered to issue raising the price of milk from 9d. to 11d. a gallon and the retail price of…

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